A Daughter's Promise

by Leigh   Feb 28, 2016


I gave birth to a daughter today and thought you may like to know,
Her gleaming eyes tried to focus on me, I knew I'd never let her go.

I gave birth to a daughter today so vulnerable and so small, the love that surged around my body I have never felt before.

I gave birth to a daughter today and in that instant I just knew, I'd never ever leave her side no matter what life threw.

I gave birth to a daughter today and a guaranteed promise was made, to always give her love and security with a devotion that wont fade.

I gave birth to a daughter today and every part of me knew, that all my own desires and needs would be moulded round hers too.

I gave birth to a daughter today what powerful emotions were triggered, I will surround her with love and security to levels that can't be measured.

As I cuddle my little girl and think how her life will be, I sit in silence and I wonder if you felt this way for me.

I've moved on now Dad, my hurt has faded, I have children of my own. But every now and then in life when I am all alone, I sit and think and wonder how my life would be,if you had made different choices and ensured you'd protected me.

Because sometimes Dad the scar's that are left to an unprotected child, cut deeper than any physical pain and take much longer to be healed.

As a grown up, as a mum, I struggle to understand, how a parent can repress these feelings and leave a child to stand, all alone with no protection as vulnerable as can be. I know what a cruel world offers this child because this child was me.

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  • 9 years ago

    by Milly Hayward

    I like the comparison of how you feel about your child and your experience of being a child. That you will as a result never let your child feel the pain that you did

  • 9 years ago

    by Spontaneity

    I think that this is a very beautifully, emotionally written poem. I understand what it is like to have a bad relationship with a parent, since I have gone through with it. Especially since parents are supposed to love their children unconditionally, it is heartbreaking when they just push their children away. As we grow up, we try not to make the same mistakes that our parents have made, but some of us end up doing so anyway.

    If this is a true poem, I hope that you are able to love your child unconditionally, not matter what mistakes they may make in life.

    Beautiful

    ~S